Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Colin Firth: Lord Wessex

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• Lord Wessex : How is this to end?

  Queen Elizabeth : As stories must when love's denied: with tears and a journey.

• Queen Elizabeth : [after inspecting Viola]  Have her then, but you're a lordly fool. She's been plucked since I saw her last, and not by you... it takes a woman to know it.

  Lord Wessex : [angrily]  Marlowe!

• Lord Wessex : Is she obedient?

  Sir Robert de Lesseps : As any mule in Christendom - but if you are the man to ride her, there are rubies in the saddlebag.

  Lord Wessex : I like her!

• Lord Wessex : I have spoken with your father.

  Viola De Lesseps : So, my lord? I speak with him every day.

• Lord Wessex : My lady, the tide waits for no man, but I swear it would wait for you.

• Lord Wessex : I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon. Do you have a name?

  William Shakespeare : Christopher Marlowe, at your service.

• Viola De Lesseps : Do you intend to marry, my Lord?

  Lord Wessex : Your father should keep you better informed. He has bought me for you. He returns from his estate to see us marry two weeks from Saturday. You are allowed to show your pleasure.

• Lord Wessex : Now, pay attention, Nursie. The Queen, Gloriana Regina, God's chosen vessel, the radiant One who shines her light on us, is at Greenwich today and prepared, during the evening's festivities, to bestow her gracious favor on my choice of wife and if we're late for lunch, the old boot will not forget. So, get you to my Lady's chamber and produce her with or without her undergarments!

• Lord Wessex : Will you defy your father and your Queen?

  Viola De Lesseps : The Queen has consented?

  Lord Wessex : She wants to inspect you. At Greenwich, come Sunday. Be submissive, modest, grateful, and brief.

• Lord Wessex : Farewell, you'll all be welcome in Virginia!

• Lord Wessex : Is she fertile?

  Sir Robert de Lesseps : Oh, she will breed. If she do not, send her back.